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The National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) delivered the consolidated report on the behavior of the Colombian economy during the year 2025, confirming an annual expansion of 2.6%.

According to Piedad Urdinola, director of the entity, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) maintained a positive dynamic driven mainly by final consumption spending, which increased by 4.2%. However, the result was slightly below the expectations of some analysts and the Government, which projected a variation between 2.8% and 3.1%.

The report details that the performance of the economy was marked by three strategic sectors. Firstly, commerce, transportation and accommodation contributed 0.9 percentage points to the added value.

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This was followed by public administration, health and education activities, with a growth of 4.5%. However, the most notable data came from the cultural and entertainment sector, which registered an expansion of 9.9%, consolidating itself as the area with the highest percentage growth during 2025.

Despite the general progress, the technical report also identified sectors with negative balances. Mining and quarrying suffered a contraction of 6.2%, while the construction sector recorded an annual drop of 2.8%.

Likewise, DANE reported on a revision in the figures from previous years: the growth of 2023 was adjusted upwards (0.8%), while that of 2024 was revised slightly downwards (2.5%).

Towards the end of the year, in the last quarter, the economy showed a variation of 2.3%, reflecting stable behavior but with persistent challenges in gross capital formation and investment.

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